"After All, We Are Old Friends!"
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HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falli. Oregon Wednesday, December 11, 1fiJ
IN WASHINGTON . . .
Robert Kennedy's Plans
Patriotism In Textbooks
A speaker of renown, Earnest L. Wilkin
son, president of Brigham Young Universi
ty, pointed out in a recent address that many
of the people who wrote important chapters
in American history are rapidly fading from
the scene. Many modern textbooks used in
our schools today ignore a surprising num
ber of these heroes and cherished incidents.
The recent assassination of President
Kennedy stirred up some enthusiasm for
patriotism here and in other places around
.the nation, as pointed out ny me uauy ncr-
ald, Provo, Utah, "This is heart-warming
: because people have a way of drifting into
-comnlacencv natnotically-speaking. I lie
: complacency of recent years has
:the way from simple indifference
: outspoken contempt."
ur. wiminson usea me louowing ex
amples to show what has happened to the
famous incidents of yesterday which fail to
be recounted in many of our history books
today:
; 1. A month before the fateful conflict at
"Lexington and Concord in 1775, Patrick
: Henry, the great Virginia patriot and or--
: ator, delivered a historic address which has
come ringing down through the generations.
It ended with these words:
"Is life so dsar, or peace so sweet, as to
be purchased at the price of chains and slav
ery? Forbid it. Almighty God! I know not
what course others may take; but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry's words might be as ap
plicable in our peril today, as they were in
colonial times. Yet, his statement appears
in only 3 of 45 modern textbooks, according
to a survey quoted by Pres. Wilkinson.
The survey, made by This Week Maga
zine, showed that the Patrick Henry state
ment appeared in 12 of 14 school textbooks
in this nnrinH nrinr In 1 090 Whv line it Vtpnn
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ignored by so many modern text writers?
2. One of the most touching and patriotism-promoting
stories in all history is
that of Nathan Hale, a school teacher, who
answered George Washington's call for vol
unteers to go behind British lines on a spy
ing mission. Caught and convicted by the
enemy, he bravely faced his execution with
these imperishable words: "I only regret that
I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale's utterance appeared in 1 1
nf thA nrfi.1090 tnvtc lint in nnUt nnn rt Ka
modern books surveyed. Why deprive our
children of such a precious gem of Ameri
can historv?
WILLIAM
gi Jenkins Man Behind Scene
By WILLIAM S. WHITE
WASHINGTON Frank
lin Roosevelt had his Harry
Hopkins, Dwlght Eisenhower his
Sherman Adams and John V.
Kennedy his Theodore Sorcnscn.
Each Hopkins, Adams, Soron.
. - inn ce tha mnn.r nutcMH lie
President of his time.
- Lyndon Johnson will not pre
clsely have a Hopkins, an
Adams, a Sorcnscn, because
'while he will take more advice
from more people and more
kinds of people than any Presi
dent of recent times, both ulli-
- mate decision and ultimate ac
tion will be his personal prod-
- ints to a degree also not seen
in recent times.
But President Johnson will
have the presently untitled
and possibly never to be fully
tilled Walter Jenkins.
Wlien Mr. Johnson was Sen
.' ate majority leader and later
I vice president, Walter-Jenkins
; the President often calls him
thus, as thoush hit Christian
,iiiu luiim iiaiuva nno i.viii-
pressed and subjoined was
principal administrative assist--ant.
The Job covered every
thing: keeping an eye on John-
Bun punuiai itiii.1 , v.vij-
.w h e re; assisting the majority
T leader in every form of problem
; in the Senate and later every
.'problem In the vice presidency
! keeping In some touch with Ihe
."private property affairs which
ihe Johnsons have now put in
trust so that tliere can be no
suggestion of conflict of Inter
est. Jenkins was "chief of staff."
to use a not very descriptive
3. John Paul Jones figured in the fierc
est naval battle of the war for independence.
Although his ship was battered and bloody
after an all-day battle, Jones refused to
surrender. His answer to British demands
to quit was: "I have not yet begun to fight!"
He and his compatriots went on to victory.
John Paul Jones' statement appeared in
nine of the old history books and in none of
the new ones surveyed. Why delete such
an epic of courage and patriotism?
It is our hope that the history books
used in Klamath Falls and neighboring
schools make some mention of great people
like Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale and John
Paul Jones. A lot of our citizens, youth and
adults alike, are reasonably articulate in stat
ing "we have the greatest nation in the
world," but too many of these same folks
are not willing to make any sacrifices for the
nation they claim they love so much.
We agree with President Wilkinson and
the Daily Herald that it's high time for
Americans "to unite in a powerful and welW
organized campaign to boost patriotism
to recapture the spirit of the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution; to in
crease appreciation for the freedoms we
have; and to honor the founding fathers for
their decency of purpose, their vision, their
courage and their sacrifices in laying the
cornerstone for the democracy we enjoy to
day. There's no better place than in t h e
schools. We should insist that the textbooks
carry freedom's message; that patriotism
is highlighted not minimized.
The Provo Herald goes farther in say
ing we should insist "that all our teachers
are loyal Americans and that every oppor
tunity be used to install in our children a
deep and abiding love of country "
Our educators might take a moment
from their terribly busy schedules and
with the help of their associations, the
PTA, and other parent groups spear
i head a campaign to insure that America's
story is told to the children with clue honor
and patriotism in our history books. Texts
which do not narrate such outstanding
events as Patrick Henry's classic speech,
Nathan Hale's heroism or the courageous
statement of John Paul Jones should not be
given preference.
We should call on every way possible
to teach our youngsters a burning love for
their country. Every last one of them should
he proud to say, "I am an American!"
ranged all
to vicious,
S. WHITE
term to denote an indispensable
man.
Now, this is what he is to
Mr. Johnson as President or,
in the old colloquial expression,
he is chief cook and bottle
washer. Ho attends the supcr
soeret National Security Coun
cil. He Is at Ihe same time far
from inattentive to all domestic
political mid legislative prob
lems. And if Mrs. Johnson
needs help ur advice, and her
nun assistant, Mrs. Elizabeth
Carpenter, feels the need of
consultation, a small s u m m i t
meeting may ensue with Jen
kins as Mrs. Carpenter's op;
sile number. He is, in short, the
man about whom the peculiarly
telling phrase is this: "Sec Wal
ter about it."
Well, what manner n( man is
Jenkins? The answer coming
first to mind is that he is sim
ply (lie kind of man who is
and in memory seems always
to have been tliere. He is as
quiet as Sorensen. 11c is as ex
ecutive minded as was Sher
man Adams but never (jives the
impression lie Is either run- '
ning tilings or trying to.
He works at a furious pace
which, because of his down
played personality, paradoxical
ly seems almost hesitant. He
is casually gentle; but very far
from lamblike. He can he very
"tough," if he must, though no.
body not knowing him well
would sense It. He is never ex
cessively high or excessively
low in mood on the out sick-;
though sometimes, inside, he
approaches one mood or the
oilier.
He is a compact, slightly
florid-faced man of 47, witii
heavy, dark and slightly gray
ing hair. He is a deeply consci
entious man whose worries set
tle in his stomach ralhcr than
show on his face. Like most
strenuously "doing" men, he is
nervous. The condil ion is n o t
helped at Ihe moment by what
he calls, with a wry smile at
the pretentiousness of Ihe jar
gon, "Ihe symptoms of with
drawal." That is, he is trying
to quit cigarettes of which he
was smoking far loo many late
ly He is a Calhoic from north
west Texas a rarity in that
region of the state, whereas it
is a commonplace in the Presi
dent's southwestern part of the
slate and bin for that fact
would have been elected to Con
gress ill a race made many
years ago He reads but is not
bookish He thinks and is in
(act brilliant, hut he would nev
er call himself "intellectual "
Tliere is no pretense of any
kind in him He claims no
"passion for anonymity." an al
titude once attributed In some
of tlie Roosevelt assistants. But
in plain and simple truth he is
a shy man who really doesn't
like the kleig lights. He is not
coy; lie simply t Slinks he can
work more effectively (or Pres-
ident Johnson as he did for
Senator Johnson and Vice Pres
ident Johnson without standing
out in front.
He is, drawing no long bow
about il, one of tlie ablest, most
devoted, most truly moral but
totally unsclfrtghlcous public
men this country has known for
a long lime. And in a profes
sion wliere most men use sharp
elbows on the way up. Waller.
Jenkins has never learned that
those joints have any other use
than to swing as he walks
along.
By RALPH de TOLEDANO
There has been much specula
tion that Attorney General Rob
ert Kennedy is already begin
ning to maneuver lor the 1964
vice presidential nomination.
This, it was assumed, made
considerable sense il he plans
to remain in politics, But two
high administration sources,
talking frankly behind the cov
er of a "no attribution" pledge,
see it differently.
This is their analysis:
Discount all talk of a Bub
Kennedy vice presidential candi
dacy, they assert. The attor
ney general has already said
that it would be a deadend for
him. If the Democratic ticket
must be "balanced" by a Cath
olic, he suggests Sen. Eugene
McCarthy of Minnesota or Gov.
Pat Brown of California.
The high administration
sources say that President
Johnson can count on support
from the Kennedy family with
out offering the vice presiden
cy to young Bob. The attorney
general has already been as
s u r c d that he will not be
shunted aside after a decent pe
riod. However, Mr. Kennedy real
izes that he is no longer the
second most powerful man in
W ashington. He knows too that it
is imperative for him to re-establish
a political base. Sound
ings are already being taken
very quietly to test reaction in
Massachusetts to his candidacy
lor governor in 1964. The Demo-
cratic incumbent, Gov. Endicott
Peabody, would have to be given
sonic quid pro quo, but he is a
close friend of the Kennedy
To
By WASHINGTON' STAFF
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON INEA) In
the west lobby of the White
House, a newsman accosted
Sarah McClendon, reporter for
several Texas newspapers. He
ribbed her w ith this line:
"Let's see now, Sarah. Lyn
don Johnson is the first Texan to
be president since, er, who?
General Eisenhower, isn't it?"
Ike, of course, was b o r n in
Dcnison, Tex., though he claims
Abilene. Kan . as his home
town.
Sen. Hugh Scott, li l'a.. is not
about to concede the KM pres
idential race to the Democrats.
"In my many years of ob
serving politics," Scott says,
"I've always watched the Con
necticut towns. Over and over
again, in the year before -a
presidential election, they have
given a pretty clear signal.
"This year, the Republicans
came out a lot better in those
Connecticut towns than anyone
figured. The results weren't
conclusive, but I think they in
dicate a close race next year."
His Pennsylvania colleague.
Democratic Sen. Joe Clark, in
terrupted him:
"You remind me of a drown
ing man reaching for a straw.
Letters To
Re-Exarnine
Violence
The outpouring of grief and
sympathy that followed the as
sassination of President Kenne
day. from all sorts of. people
in all places was becoming to
our country. We all share in
that grief, and we join with full
hearts those wlio seek to con
sole the herein ed family. Men
of good will every whore must
feel a sense ot groat loss, and
share the prayer that his suc
cessor may carry on the best
of his hopes and determina
tions. Perhaps this ti.igcdy will
move many of us to re-examine
the whole place of violence, in
the equation of ends and moans.
Barbaric tlie assassination was.
yet presumably Ihe assassin
was able someltow- to rationalize
his dol to himself. H we con
centrate on his act alone, as
the aberration ol a tormented
and twisted human being, we
slwiU miss the most urgent
point of the traced). That point
is the effect en all of us ot our
society's widespre.hl acceptance
of violence, including murder,
as a valid uistnunent tor
achieving ends believed to be
imt.'ortant. Its significance ws
underlined with cosmic irony
by the murder of the alleged
assassin 48 hoius alter the at
tack on President Kennedy
.Much of the paraphernalia of
the modem stale, here and else
where, is directed to the
strengthening of that ac
ceptance. Tlie manufacture c;
family and would probably step
down though not happily.
The Kennedys are also look
ing to other spates, other
races. At a Kennedy' family
council, it was decided to re-explore
the possibility of running
brother-in-law Sargent Shriver
lor governor of Illinois. This
again would require bumping an
incumbent Democrat, but tliere
seems to be no fear that he will
refuse. The question being dis
cussed is simply, "Can Shriver
make it?" If he can, then he
would be in a strong position to
aid Bob Kennedy's presidential
candidacy in 1968.
No plans are being made
for Sen. Edward Kennedy. The
Kennedys themselves consider
him a lightweight, and so do
Massachusetts politicians. One
of the administration sources re
ferred to him as "a bit feath
er - headed in political under
standing." There is also the
question of the Harvard scan
dal which Massachusetts voters
were ready to swallow but
which would cause trouble
should Ted Kennedy seek higher
office. When he is offered as a
speaker, he is more often than
not turned down, with apol
ogies. The strategy is to keep
him in the Senate.
The big question: Would
Massachusetts object to one
Kennedy in the Senate and an
other in the governor's man
sion? The Kennedys have a
hunch that the state would not
object, at least at this time..
Kennedy hunches are usually
excellent, and this one includes
a belief that in a few years it
mav be much more difficult
WASHINGTON NOTEBOOK
Rile Lady Reporters
Hugh. You Republicans used to
say, 'As goes Maine, so goes
the nation.' Then you started to
say, 'As goes Maine, so goes
Vermont.' And now you're say
ing. 'As go the Connecticut
towns.'
"That's what I call real prog
ress." A Lalin American representa
tive who could speak no Eng
lish walked into a Washington
post of lice with a letter to be
sent home. The clerk, who
spoke no Spanish, tried for five
minutes without luck to ascer
tain whether tlie man wanted
an airmail or regular stamp.
In desperat ion he finally
flapped his aims like a bird,
and was rewarded with a "Si"
and a grin.
The hubbub over the fact that
House of Representatives Dining
Room head waiter Ernest Peti
naud accompanied a U.S. dele
gation to a NATO meeting in
Paris reminds Rep. Robert Talt
Jr., It-Ohio, son of the late con
servative Sen. Robert A, Taft,
of his first day in Congress last
January.
"I was pretty green," Taft
says, "and too embarrassed to
admit my ignorance by asking
questions. I took my family to
The Editor
nuclear, biological and chemi
cal weapons and the means
of their delivery, which absorbs
so large a part of our national
effort, is the corporate prepara
tion for mass murder for polit
ical ends. The war that our
country has helped to wage in
Viet Nam. in which simple
lieasants have been killed, is
barbaric murder on a large
scale.
The man accused of being
President Kennedy's assassin
had been trained to kill in the
I'nited Slates Marines. P e r
baps more importantly he had
been taught that killing is per
missible when important values
arc at stake. Presumably it
seemed to him that important
values were at stake when he
murdered tlx? President. For
many of us arc having eroded
away our sense of (lie sanctity
of human life and our faith in
the power of love and compas
sion to resolve conflict and
build a society of brothers.
It is not a new problem, but
as old as history. What is new
is that the assasin's bullet now
is supplemented hy weapons
that literally can destroy the
society of man and all Us
dreams and Indies. Only in the
rejection of systematized vio
lence as a lecitimate tool of or
g.uurd society does there l:o
the hope of creating a commu
nity ui which tlx? rejected and
embittered will not find ready
made sanction for the murder
cas cxpiession of tlieir bitter
ness. Winifred Lanibic.
ivto llomedaic.
to project Bob Kennedy. There
fore, it is vital that the new po
litical base be established as
quickly and as solidly as pos
sible. With Robert Kennedy hold
ing the Massachusetts governor
ship, he can immediately pre
pare for the 1968 presidential
election. He will have the pres
tige of elective office and the
contacts with other-tielegation-controlling
governors to help
him swing the nomination.
This is how two important ad
ministration ollicials, both per
sonally close to the Kennedy
family, analyze tlie present sit
uation and look into the future.
All this presupposes continu
ing support for the attorney
general from President Johnson.
If he decides that this is a li
ability to him in his wooing of
the South, it can change. It also
prcsuppuses Mr. Johnson's elec
tion in 1964.
An outgoing president cannot
always choose his successor.
But he can very definitely tor
pedo any would-be candidate
not to his liking. This is why
Richard Nixon could never de
clare his independence of Presi
dent Eisenhower, even though
his delegate strength was suffi
cient to w in him the nomination.
The situation will be increas
ingly fluid as the country beains
to find out more about President
Johnson, what he stands for,
and how he intends to get it.
The evaluations offered here
will change frequently in t h e
months to come. What makes
them interesting is the evidence
they present that the Kennedys
intend to remain in politics
and at the highest level.
lunch in the House dining room,
and when the check came, I
didn't know whether or not to
leave a tip.
"The bill was $7. I tried to
look around to see what other
Congressmen were doing. To kill
lime. I gave the waiter a $10
bill and said 'Thank you.'
"He answered, 'Thank YOU,
sir,' and next day the word w as
nut that I was a 'big spender' in
spite of my father."
For $3 you an get a 7.x9-foot
segment of "Goldwater wallpa
per." Actually it's a biggcr-than-lifc-sizc
blown - up photo
graph of the senator. But prob
ably nobody at Draft Goldwater
headquarters in Washington im
agined one use now planned for
it by one of his young fans.
The enthusiast is Carole
White. 12, daughter of F. Clif
ton While, executive director of
the draft committee.
In her bedroom in the W hiles'
homo in Rye, N.Y., Carole
plans to paper the ceiling with
the big Goldwater picture.
Commented her mother:
"There may be just enough
room left for a little border
trim."
Sen. William Proxmire, D
Wis., under an unusually heavy
appointment schedule the other
day. told his secretary. "Get
the Senate dining room to send
me over a low-calorie lunch just
as fust as they can."
The secretary placed the or
der, stressing the need for
promptness. A male voice re
plied: "Tell Senator Proxmire that
the Majority Whip, who's noth
ing but a workhorse around here
anyway, will see that he gets
his lunch right away."
The speaker was Sen. Hubert
Humphrey, D-Minn.. who had
picked up t h e dining room
phone when it rang.
Al
manac
By I nitcd Press International
Today is Wednesday. Dec. II.
tlie 345th day of llfctf with 20 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The evening stars are Jupiter.
Saturn and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1R16. Indiana became the
huh suite to be admitted into
tlie Union.
In 1907. President Theodore
Roosevelt announced he v.ould
not be a candidate for another
term in the White House.
In 19J6. King Edward VIII
abdicated the threw t k
could marry an Anwivaa
vorcec. Via iJiHtvii HtSui
son.
In 141. tl'tn,! ?- fc.L
declared vu ftv ln.Vh
States .at CnwMUiii
a few- he J' ! 4 (
war existri I ttri
States. Genj (Wfl.
O O
EDSON IN WASHINGTON.
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) - U.S.
Information Agency the gov
ernment's international public
relations arm has pulled out
all the stops to make the world
better aquainted with new
President Lyndon Johnson.
This effort began Nov. 22 alt
er President Kennedy's assassin
ation when the Vice President
took the oath of olfice that
made him head of the Ameri
can government. It reached a
high point with Voice of Ameri
ca's worldwide, live broadcast
of President Johnson's speech
to Congress early Wednesday
afternoon, Nov. 27.
In those five days Voice of
America was on the air 22 hours
a day and USIA worldwide wire,
less dispatches were greatly ex
tended beyond their normal 10,
000 words a day.
Monitored in 111 Amerian
overseas posts, this full news
coverage formed the basis for
information services provided
foreign governments to project
a daily picutre of the important
events happening in the United
States.
The total effect was to as
ure the world that the change
in Presidents had nut changed
American foreign policies and
(hat the American government
remained strong.
Foreign reaction to the broad
cast of President Johnson's
speech, as analyzed by USIA's
research staff, has been general
ly favorable.
Moscow expressed cautious
approval of Johnson's pledge to
implement the Kennedy ideas
and ideals and to work for re
moval of the main causes of
U.S.-USSR friction.
This theme was rebroadcast
in many languages by Radio
Moscow. But some Communist
doubts were expressed on the
new President's statement that
the United States would keep its
commitments from Viet Nam to
West Berlin.
Western European news me
dia showed much encourage
ment and increased confidence
in U.S. leadership after the
Johnson speech. This came alt
er the sophisticated European
press had expressed great dis
belief that the events in Dallas
happened just as reported and
for the motives given.
There were other minor dis
sents. Yugoslavia was grateful
that Johnson did not mention
Cuba, but Japan's Socialist par
ly regretted that he did not
mention the Far East more
specifically.
From Africa there was scat
tered concern that President
Johnson's southern background
might have some effect on his
If
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J W5L (I
"I'm locking lor something lor 0 mon whg h
0 . ereryrmng for (he
man wno hat tverything.' "
Hard-Sell Continued
. Overseas On Johnson
support for civil rights. Commu
nist China's "People's Daily"
predicted that the U.S. imperial
ist policies will not change and
that Johnson will continue Ken
nedy policy.
Voice of America has made
no answer to these criticisms,
other than by following the usu
al policy of reporting the news
straight and factually as it hap
pens. This may have been par
ticularly helpful in getting the
news behind the iron curtain.
Russia has made no attempt
to jam VOA broadcasts f o r
some weeks. So Russia's inter
nal broadcasts that the assas
sination was the result of a
Trotskyite conspiracy with the
American radical right and the
Ku Klux Klan were disproved.
The job now is to continue
familiarizing foreign public opin
ion w ith President Johnson's per.
sonality and views. This is the
assignment that USIA television,
newsrcel, picture and news fea
ture services have taken on.
A half-hour documentary on
President Johnson is now being
put on video tape by two Emmy
award winners who volunteered
for the Job.
Two complete television
shows on Johnson's life and ca
reer are being prepared, with
Spanish voices for Latin-American
audiences.
Newsrcel clips arc being
prepared for 35 areas where
there is no commercial news
file.
A six - page insert photo
graphic life story of President
Johnson will go into the Polish
and Russian editions of "Ameri.
ka," the USIA illustrated month
ly magazine.
A 16-page color cartoon book
on President Johnson's life is
being prepared for distribution
in Latin America, Africa and
free Asia.
Text for an 8.000 word pam
phlet on President Johnson was
transmitted by wireless to
USIA's three production centers
in Manila, Beirut and Mexico
City.
Both booklets, of a type pop
ular in the developing coun
tries, will be printed in many
languages for worldwide distri
bution, in millions of copies.
QUESTIONS
AMD
ANSWERS
Q What did the term "Hoover
Ize" mean during World War 1?"
A Doing without some articles
of food for patriotic reasons.
Q What is the meaning of hy.
drosphcre?
A The aqueous envelope of a
planet.